Chinese Taipei at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC codeTPE
NOCChinese Taipei Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors41 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Shen Yen-chin(Opening Ceremony) Amy Lin(Closing Ceremony)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Winter Games appearances

Chinese Taipei is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] Chinese Taipei is scheduled to compete in all five sports (seven disciplines).[3] The Chinese Taipei delegation consists of 41 athletes and 30 officials.[4][5] This marks the nation's largest ever Asian Winter Games team in terms of athletes and officials sent.[6]

Competitors

The following table lists the Chinese Taipei delegation per sport and gender.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 2 1 3
Biathlon 1 0 0
Curling 5 0 5
Figure skating 2 1 3
Ice hockey 20 0 20
Short track speed skating 4 4 8
Speed skating 1 0 1
Total 35 6 41

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei's Alpine skiing team consists of three athletes (two men and one woman).[5]

Men
Woman

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei's biathlon team consists of one male athlete.[5]

Man

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei has entered a men's team.[7][8] The team consists of five athletes.[5]

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament
Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L
 China Liu Rui 5 0
 South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 4 1
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 3 2
 Chinese Taipei Randolph Shen 2 3
 Kazakhstan Viktor Kim 1 4
 Qatar Nabeel Alyafei 0 5
Round-robin

Chinese Taipei has a bye in draw 2

Semifinals

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Sheet B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
 China (Rui) 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 X X 8
Bronze medal match

Thursday, February 23, 1:30

Sheet C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Chinese Taipei (Shen) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 X X 5
 South Korea (Soo-hyuk) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 X X 10
  • Chinese Taipei finishes in fourth place.

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei's figure skating team consists of three athletes (two men and one woman).[5]

Singles
Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Tsao Chih-I Men's 63.68 11
Lee Meng-ju 44.49 16
Amy Lin Ladies 47.15 10

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei has entered a men's team. The team will compete in the Division one.[9][10] Chinese Taipei finished in second place (6th place overall) in division 1 of the competition.[11]

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

Chinese Taipei was represented by the following 20 athletes:[5]

Legend
  • G– Goalie D = Defense-man F = Forward
Rank
Team
 Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
5  Thailand 5 4 1 0 0 36 12 +24 14
6  Chinese Taipei 5 3 1 1 0 34 13 +21 12
7  United Arab Emirates 5 3 0 0 2 29 24 +5 9
8  Mongolia 5 2 0 0 3 25 23 +2 6
9  Hong Kong 5 1 0 1 3 27 27 0 4
10  Singapore 5 0 0 0 5 4 56 –52 0
18 February 2017
15:30
Chinese Taipei 10–3
(4–1, 1–1, 5–1)		 United Arab EmiratesMikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 290
Game reference
Referee:
Japan Hokkanen Kimmo
Linesmen:
Juris Barcelo
Japan Era Manabu
12 minPenalties22 min
44Shots20
20 February 2017
19:00
Hong Kong 4–5
(3–0, 0–3, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)		 Chinese TaipeiMikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 180
Game reference
28 minPenalties14 min
19Shots39
21 February 2017
12:00
Singapore 1–11
(1–3, 0–5, 0–3)		 Chinese TaipeiMikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 200
Game reference
6 minPenalties14 min
16Shots43
23 February 2017
12:00
Chinese Taipei 2–3
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 0–1)		 ThailandMikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 500
Game reference
6 minPenalties6 min
40Shots50
25 February 2017
12:00
Mongolia 2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)		 Chinese TaipeiMikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 500
Game reference
14 minPenalties14 min
23Shots28

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei's short track speed skating team consists of eight athletes (4 men and 4 women).[5]

Men
Women

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei's speed skating team consists of one male athlete.[5]

Man
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Sung Ching-yang 500 m 35.74 9
1000 m 1:12.46 16

References

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